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As the name suggests Drefelin (Milltown) was once a bustling village with several mills powered by the Nant Bargod and was known as the Huddersfield of Wales due to its high levels of flannel production; more than any other in Wales. Today, few of the mills remain, but many of the weavers’ cottages that lined the road still stand.

Bear right along the road, but immediately after crossing the Nant Bargod, go sharp left along a track, going left through an iron kissing gate just beyond the first property on the right and walk along the right edge of two fields with the remnants of an old leet (a manmade mill stream) to the right. Pass through another iron kissing gate and join a lane that runs past the old Dolwion fulling mill, built by the Adams family of Massachusetts. At a T-junction in Drefach, alongside the cemetery, turn left down to the main road through the village, then go right along this back to the National Wool Museum.

Drefelin

WALK 4

Llandysul and the Afon Tyweli

Start/FinishPublic car park, Llandysul (SN 418 405)Distance11km (7 miles)Ascent195m (645ft)Time3–4hrsMapsExplorer 185RefreshmentsPubs and cafés in LlandysulPublic transportBus 40C Carmarthen–Pencader–Lampeter, then bus 621 Pencader–Llandysul; or bus 460 Carmarthen–Saron–Newcastle Emlyn–Cardigan, then bus 613 Saron–Llandysul (services Wed and Sat only); or bus 612 Newcastle Emlyn–Llandysul (services Tue only).

Starting on the banks of the Afon Teifi, which forms the border between Carmarthenshire and neighbouring Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire), the walk quickly crosses the river in the market town of Llandysul, back into the ‘home’ county. The majority of the walk follows quiet country lanes and a long section of the now dismantled Carmarthen to Cardigan railway that ran along the valley of the pretty Afon Tyweli before joining the Afon Teifi. With only a very short section of potentially boggy ground, this is a suitable walk for the times of year when many footpaths are impassable and traffic along the lanes is at a minimum.